It’s the question-mark box from Super Mario Brothers! 3D print it then put your coins in it! Hide a mushroom or fireball (the candy of that name, obviously) in it!
Category: MakerBot
The little bowl I designed & printed
UPDATE: I printed this at Shapeways in food-safe glazed ceramic. See the progression from code to object in a more recent blog post. I made a thing! Well, I designed and made a thing. You will find my “finger cup” at Thingiverse. Quick background: several times a day at work, I find myself in the … Continue reading The little bowl I designed & printed
Put it in a skull
I made, as they say at Thingiverse, a derivative work. I started with the 3D model of Chester Copperpot. I then used my favorite CAD-for-programmers app, OpenSCAD, to slice it apart, hollow out the main skull part, and add a fitting peg to the lid so the top won’t slide off. I am good at engineering … Continue reading Put it in a skull
Parametric Measuring Spoons
I recently developed some measuring spoon models. The math and basic design were, surprisingly, the easy part. Attempting to realize an idealistic design within the constraints of the real-world was a bit more difficult and ended up being the majority of the work. The design itself is fairly simple. Maybe you remember the volume of … Continue reading Parametric Measuring Spoons
MakerBot is thirsty
I have now had my MakerBot since about the beginning of the year. I have blogged a bit about the theory and assembly and had reached a fairly steady-state in its functionality and behavior, which improved greatly in the past week. You see, I have always had a bit of a problem with print-head jams. … Continue reading MakerBot is thirsty
A couple of months with the MakerBot
At the beginning of the year, I picked up a MakerBot for (relatively speaking) cheap. As best as I could tell, it was “last year’s model” and being closed out to make room for updates — but the nice thing about the MakerBot is that it is Open Source and modular. As updates occur, you … Continue reading A couple of months with the MakerBot
From atoms to bytes and back again
Last night I went to a belated Winter Solstice party. It’s a yearly thing with a fun mix of people and a very particular gift-giving tradition. You are required (or, at least, highly encouraged) to bring something from your life as a gift. It’s not exactly “white elephant,” but something more symbolic. What you bring … Continue reading From atoms to bytes and back again